one thousand
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- The two scheduled concerts quickly sold out, leaving over one thousand people on waiting lists.
- one thousand hundred
- more than one thousand
- one thousand years
Examples
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But I will tell you that stones were placed here one thousand years before that.
Fiction book (1996) -
The concert attracted one thousand fans from across the country.
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Over the last half century, some one thousand studies have produced no "clear profile of the ideal leader."
Academic text (2017) -
The land, no matter how useless, has belonged to my family for one thousand years.
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The Trailblazer Woman of July has helped nearly one thousand people from getting lost.
Fiction book (1994) -
The majority of these communities contain less than one thousand people and are characterized by small-scale agriculture.
Academic text (1994) -
One thousand (50%) were teaching staff while the other one thousand (50%) were non-teaching staff.
Academic text (2006) -
One thousand pounds I leave to you, Mr. Thwackum, and a like sum to you, Mr. Square, which I am convinced exceeds your desires as well as your wants.
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There are over one thousand species of birds in this rainforest.
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The package contained one thousand dollars in cash.
Synonyms
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A number equal to 1,000
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A number equal to ten times one hundred
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A letter used to show the number one thousand in Roman numerals
A group of one thousand things
An abbreviation for one thousand used with numbers and money
A symbol meaning one thousand, often used with money or numbers
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'one thousand' is a straightforward numerical composition of 'one' and 'thousand' and directly denotes the quantity 1,000; a B1 learner who knows both constituents will immediately understand the meaning. This follows standard, cross-linguistically common numeral formation patterns, so the expression is fully predictable from its parts.
Etymology
One thousand puts one and thousand together: one means a single unit and thousand names a very large group. Imagine a crowd of a thousand people — that's why it means 'the number 1,000' today.